Press Kit - Fallbrook Technologies Inc.

and robotics fields. He previously served as Fallbrook’s vice president of product development
and was instrumental in the Company’s early focus on intellectual property. Prior to joining
Fallbrook, Rob served as group leader of the Drivetrain Design & NVH Group for The Southwest
Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio, Texas and as an advisor to several early stage
companies in the clean tech sector.
Rob’s career includes serving as a product development engineer for The Ford Motor Company
in Dearborn, Michigan. He also was vice president of robot design and a co-founder of ARM
Automation, Inc., and worked as a spaceflight hardware engineer for the McDonnell-Douglas
Astronautics Company. Rob was the first to recognize that the NuVinci variator was
kinematically equivalent to a variable ratio planetary gearset, hence the term “Continuously
Variable Planetary” or CVP.
Rob holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University and an M.S. in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Additionally, he holds an Executive M.S. in
Science & Technology Commercialization (named Kozmetzsky Scholar and Outstanding
Graduate) from the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2009, Rob was named a
Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
Alain Charlois
Vice President of Corporate Development
Alain Charlois has a proven track record of building organizations, and establishing and
executing growth strategies. He also has extensive international experience having worked and
lived in France, Canada, and China.
Before joining Fallbrook, Alain served as the President of the $12 million NAFTA region for HEF
Group, a $200 million global company specializing in tribology, surface treatment and
specialized bushings. Prior to HEF, he worked for 15 years at TRW Automotive where he held a
series of increasing responsible positions in program management, product planning and
business development. His last position at TRW was vice president of Product Planning for
TRW chassis, occupant restraint and electronics business units. In that role, Alain had global
product marketing and portfolio management responsibilities for those $11 billion product lines.
Alain began his management career as the General Manager for Southern Europe at SDRC, a
$200 million provider of software tools and engineering services. Previously he had served as
an R&D Engineer in France and a mechanical officer in the French Navy.
Alain holds a BS. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nancy, France and a Six
Sigma Green Belt.
Daniel Katona
Vice President of Marketing
Dan Katona has nearly 40 years of marketing, sales, customer service and business
development experience in the automotive industry, including extensive experience in retail and
wholesale dealership operations. He spent over 32 years with Ford Motor Company before
retiring in early 2011 as National Sales Manager of Ford’s aftermarket parts division.
Dan's assignments also included: Senior Auditor, Finance Staff, Ford General Auditors Office;
Global Customer Satisfaction Manager, Ford Global Marketing Operations; Marketing Manager,
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